pick up
phrasal verbpick up
- to get better, stronger, etc.; to improve
改善；好转；增强 - Trade usually picks up in the spring.
贸易一般在春天回升。 - The wind is picking up now.
现在风愈刮愈大了。 - Sales have picked up 14 per cent this year.
今年销售额增长了14%。
- Trade usually picks up in the spring.
- (informal) to start again; to continue
重新开始；继续 - Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
咱们从昨天停下的地方继续吧。
- Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
- (especially North American English, informal) to put things away and make things neat, especially for somebody else
（为某人）收拾，整理 - All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.
烧饭、洗衣、跟在孩子屁股后头收拾东西，好像这就是我全部的活儿。
- All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.
pick up | pick something up
- to answer a phone
接电话 - The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
电话铃响了又响，但没人接。
- The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
pick somebody up
- to go somewhere in your car and collect somebody who is waiting for you
（开车）接人 - I'll pick you up at five.
我五点钟来接你。
- I'll pick you up at five.
- to allow somebody to get into your vehicle and take them somewhere
让人乘车；搭载 - The bus picks up passengers outside the airport.
公共汽车在机场外接送乘客。
- The bus picks up passengers outside the airport.
- to rescue somebody from the sea or from a dangerous place, especially one that is difficult to reach
（从海里或危险处）营救，搭救 - A lifeboat picked up survivors.
救生艇把幸存者救起来。 - The stranded climbers were picked up by a rescue helicopter.
被困的登山者被一架救援直升机救起。
- A lifeboat picked up survivors.
- (informal, often disapproving) to start talking to somebody you do not know because you want to have a sexual relationship with them
（猥亵地与生人）搭讪，勾搭 - He goes to clubs to pick up girls.
他到俱乐部去泡妞。
- He goes to clubs to pick up girls.
- (informal) (of the police
警方 逮捕；抓捕 - He was picked up by police and taken to the station for questioning.
警察把他抓到局子里问话去了。
- He was picked up by police and taken to the station for questioning.
- to make somebody feel better
使人觉得舒服；提神 - Try this—it will pick you up.
尝尝这个，能让你提提神的。
- Try this—it will pick you up.
pick somebody/something up
- to take hold of somebody/something and lift them/it up
拿起；举起；提起 - She went over to the crying child and picked her up.
她走到啼哭的孩子身边，把她抱了起来。
- He picked the pan up carefully by the handle.
他握着锅把儿小心地把锅端了起来。 - I hurriedly picked up the receiver.
我赶紧拿起听筒。 - I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it.
我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。 - Rather gingerly, George picked up the tiny bundle.
乔治小心翼翼地拿起那一小包东西。 - She gently picked up a plate and examined it.
她轻轻地拿起一个盘子审视了一下。 - She stooped down to pick up a stone.
她弯腰捡起一块石头。 - She stooped to pick the book up off the floor.
她俯身把书从地板上拾起来。
- She went over to the crying child and picked her up.
pick something up
- to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort
（偶然）得到，听到，学会 - to pick up bad habits
染上坏习惯 - Here's a tip I picked up from my mother.
告诉你一个窍门，是我从妈妈那里学来的。 - She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
她旅居墨西哥时顺便学会了西班牙语。 - Where did you pick up that idea?
你是从哪里想到这个主意的？
- to pick up bad habits
- to identify or recognize something
辨认；识别出 - Scientists can now pick up early signs of the disease.
现在科学家能够辨认这种疾病的早期症状。
- Scientists can now pick up early signs of the disease.
- to collect something from a place
取回；收集 - I picked up my coat from the cleaners.
我从干洗店取回了外衣。
- I picked up my coat from the cleaners.
- to receive an electronic signal, sound or picture
接收（信号、声音、图像等） - We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
我们能收到英国广播公司国际广播节目。 - The survivors were rescued after their sounds were picked up by a television crew's microphone.
电视摄制组的麦克风捕捉到幸存者的声音后，他们获救了。
- We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
- (informal) to buy something, especially cheaply or by chance
（碰巧或廉价地）买到 - We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.
我们从拍卖场买到了几件便宜货。
- We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.
- (informal) to get or obtain something
得；感染；得到 - I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere.
我似乎从什么地方染上了重感冒。 - I picked up £30 in tips today.
我今天得到 30 英镑的小费。
- I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere.
- to find and follow a route
找到；跟踪；追寻 - to pick up the scent of an animal
追踪动物的臭迹 - We can pick up the motorway in a few miles.
经过几英里以后我们就能上高速公路。
- to pick up the scent of an animal
- to return to an earlier subject or situation in order to continue it
回到（本题）；恢复原状 - He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book.
在该书的后几章，他又重回到这个主题上。 - She left the band in 2006 to pick up her career as a solo performer.
她于2006年离开乐队，开始了自己的独奏生涯。
- He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book.
- to notice something that is not very obvious; to see something that you are looking for
察觉；发现；注意到 - I picked up the faint sound of a car in the distance.
我听到远处传来微弱的汽车声。
- I picked up the faint sound of a car in the distance.
- (especially North American English) to put things away neatly
收拾；整理 - Will you pick up all your toys?
把你的玩具都收起来好不好？
- Will you pick up all your toys?
- (North American English) to put things away and make a room neat
收拾房间 - to pick up a room
整理房间
- to pick up a room